Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part IV, Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865; expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events

Chamber of Deputies of Spain

[Translation.]

presidency of the cabinet of ministers—congress of deputies.

To the President of the Cabinet of Ministers:

Excellency: The Congress of Deputies in the session of yesterday has declared unanimously that it associates itself to the profound sorrow of the United States for the abominable murder of their worthy President, Abraham Lincoln.

The which we communicate to your excellency for the information of her Majesty’s government and the consequent effects.

God guard your excellency many years. Palace of the Deputies, May 2, 1865.

• THE COUNT OF CAMPOMANES,
  Deputy Secretary.
• RAFAEL CHARON,
  Deputy Secretary.

It is a true copy:

VALENCIA.